Hello and welcome to iGarden. Anyone who knows me will know that I am 'The Compulsive Gardener' - I love everything about gardening.
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The month of October always makes me nostalgic for my early gardening years, when I naively believed I could make a sort of mini-Sissinghurst in suburban Sydney. English-style cottage gardening was in vogue and I read tons of English gardening books at that time, drooling over the lush, billowing borders in the photographs. I tried every herbaceous perennial and cold-climate shrub which I could lay my hands on, in an expensive journey through the mail order catalogues and nurseries which had ... Read On »
See the full list of what's flowering in my garden this month.
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October is one of the prettiest months of the year in our gardens, and brings new tasks for us to do! Read More »
Aphids are out in force feasting on fresh spring growth, so keep a look out for them and control with Pest Oil or a soap spray, or hose them off. Snails are also around, so apply a pet-friendly bait, squash them or try a beer trap.
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